Velvet & Brass
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| Velvet & Brass | ||||
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| Released | 1995 | |||
| Recorded | May 5–6, 1995 | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Length | 55:07 | |||
| Label | Concord | |||
| Producer | John Burk | |||
| Mel Tormé chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [2] |
Velvet & Brass is a 1995 album by Mel Tormé, with Rob McConnell's Boss Brass big band. This was Tormé's second recording with the band; his first was released in 1987. Velvet & Brass was Tormé's final studio album.[3]
Track listing[edit]
- "Nobody Else but Me" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 3:59
- "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Gus Kahn) – 3:33
- "If You Could See Me Now" (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman) – 4:50
- "I Get a Kick Out of You" (Cole Porter) – 5:14
- "Have You Met Miss Jones?" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 2:48
- "Love Walked In" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 3:34
- "Autumn Serenade" (Peter DeRose, Sammy Gallop) – 5:58
- "My Sweetie Went Away" (Lou Handman, Roy Turk) – 3:28
- "I'll Be Around" (Alec Wilder) – 4:23
- "On the Swing Shift" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 3:18
- "High and Low" (Desmond Carter, Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 3:11
- "In the Still of the Night" (Cole Porter) – 5:02
- "I'm Glad There Is You" (Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Madeira, Paul Mertz) – 4:36
Personnel[edit]
- Mel Tormé – vocals
- Rob McConnell's Boss Brass big band
References[edit]
- ^ Yanow, Scott. "Velvet & Brass Review". AllMusic. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1409. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Velvet & Brass at AllMusic
